03 June 2009

My knowledge of the American Girl dolls is rather limited. It’s not something I had around when I was a little girl. Perhaps they came along after I was a bit old for dolls? My experience with them consists of avoiding the hordes of squealing girls, all carrying their slightly creepy little doppelganger dolls that would gather outside of the American Girl store at The Grove when I was living in LA. So the other day when I was flipping channels on the TV and came across Julia Ormond in a beautiful 30s era floral dress, I stopped to watch, having no idea what I was getting myself into.

Then Abigail Breslin popped onto the screen and I thought, oh, I don't know if I can watch this. From what I gathered, she plays the spunky heroine of the story - KittKittredge, a depression era girl with dreams of being a reporter. So... of course I just muted the TV and decided to enjoy the costumes and set designs and avoid the inevitable morality tale. And I was not disappointed! There were lots of lovely costumes to admire on the adults as well as the girls; pretty florals, sheer sleeves, oxford style shoes and straw hats. I'm loving the little side hairbow on Kitt (though it's much too young of a look for me to pull off). I'd be thrilled if I came across any one of the pieces at a vintage store. So, if you can stomach the saccharine kid-friendly story it's actually quite nice to look at.

I had an american girl doll growing up! I had..... well I think she might still be in my moms garage somewhere, Molly the one with the brown betty bangs and glasses I just adored reading her books when I was young. Her story is set during WWII with her dad off at war and all of her costumes are so darling. Gosh I feel like such a dork now, lovely post.♥Darla

I used to be obsessed with American Girl dolls. I feel like I would have loved this when I was younger and love it now for very different reasons. The history of the american girls is always fascinating.

I actually wouldn't mind watching this. I guess I was just young enough for American girl, although the character of Kit didn't exist then. I had Kirsten, the Swedish immigrant from Pioneer days. She was the only blonde doll (I'm blonde), before they just started making custom dolls to look exactly like you.

Sure the plot lines of the movies are pretty bad, but I don't think this is embarassing inspiration at all. The costumes are perfect! The little vintage-looking doll clothes are actually pretty cute, too.

Oh, no you have to watch the movie - its really good and also a great film for young girls! Unlike a lot of movies made for girls today, it features strong female roles who are intelligent, creative and interesting characters.

I watched this movie last night, and true, it was really kind of cheesy but cute. I always had American Girl Dolls (I had Kit) so this is just reliving some childhood memories. Jane Krakowski had some of my favorite costumes, they were gorgeous. And her hair, ahhh, I wish mine was like that!